Patents by Inventor Frederick G. Melms, Jr.

Frederick G. Melms, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120168533
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a package comprises a container member operable to contain a formula and one or more substantially non-flammable propellants for propelling the formula from the container member upon actuation. The package also comprises an aerosol system for dispensing the formula. The package further comprises a petaloid shaped base comprising a plurality of feet operable to contact a support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick G. Melms, JR., Venkat Govindarajan
  • Publication number: 20100303971
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a pressurized package dispenses a formula comprising a foaming agent into a liquid. The internal pressure of the package generates turbulence that causes some of the formula to disperse throughout the liquid and some of the formula to form a foam on a surface of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick G. Melms, JR., Mary B. Malone
  • Patent number: 6357587
    Abstract: A shipping package for accommodating a box-like object such as a drawer-type storage unit. The shipping package includes substantially identical top and bottom trays which respectively extend over top and bottom ends of the furniture unit, and a set of four corner posts which embrace vertically extending corners of the furniture unit and have opposite ends engaged with the trays. The corner posts comprise elongate L-shaped members which are hollow in cross-section and are relatively rigid to permit transmission of vertical stacking loads therethrough. The bottom tray mounts therein a load-bearing insert structure which includes two inserts, each formed from a one-piece corrugated fiber-board blank, with the inserts being secured within the tray and having raised upper surfaces which are in load-bearing engagement with the bottom frame of the furniture unit. The inserts also have appropriate recesses for accommodating legs or casters provided on the furniture unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick G. Melms, Jr.
  • Patent number: D646932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Whitewave Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick G. Melms, Jr.
  • Patent number: D658938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: WhiteWave Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick G. Melms, Jr.
  • Patent number: D708950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Whitewave Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Zeid, Dale Hess, Frederick G. Melms, Jr.
  • Patent number: D757557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Whitewave Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick G. Melms, Jr., Christie Salina Parker